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Quinta essentia, das ist, Die höchste Subtilitet, Krafft vnd Wirckung, beyder der fürtrefflichsten, vnd menschlichem Geschlecht am nützlichsten Künsten, der Medicin vnd Alchemy

auch wie nahe diese beyde mit Sipschafft gefreund vnd verwandt sind, vnd das eine ohn beystandt der andern nicht nütz sey, oder in den menschlichen Cörpern zu wircken kein Krafft habe : Vergleichung der alten und newen Medicin, vnd wie alle Subtiliteten ausgezogen, die Element geschieden, alle Corpora gemutirt ... : jetzt von newem, sampt Eröffnung der vertunckelten Sententz, Wort vnd Namen, gemehret vnd gebessert

by Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurn, Jost Amman, Hans Steinmann & Ernst Vögelin

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: Primary source
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Imprint from colophon Signatures: A-R S(-S6) Final page blank Title and leaf B6 printed in red and black; armorial title vignette; decorative initials Woodcut illustrations by Jost Ammann Bound in marbled paper-covered boards; quarter vellum; label with gilt title on spine; bookplate of J. Campbell Brown centered on front pastedown; Walter Pagel's signature and B.E.J. Pagel's label on front pastedown

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the title, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and “Alchemy” in the edition title.

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    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “Alchemy”· in title
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
    • “Alchemy”· in edition title

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auch wie nahe diese beyde mit Sipschafft gefreund vnd verwandt sind, vnd das eine ohn beystandt der andern nicht nütz sey, oder in den menschlichen Cörpern zu wircken kein Krafft habe : Vergleichung der alten und newen Medicin, vnd wie alle Subtiliteten ausgezogen, die Element geschieden, alle Corpora gemutirt ... : jetzt von newem, sampt Eröffnung der vertunckelten Sententz, Wort vnd Namen, gemehret vnd gebessert

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1574Bey Hans Steinmann, typis Voegelianis; Gedruckt zu Leipzig : Bey Hans Steinmann, typis VoegelianisGerman—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; gettyalchemy
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL15374904W
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